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...what was going on. Then a delay was made by Hooker at Chancellorsville, and before he could move forward Lee was in his front with most of his army, having left some divisions to watch Sedgwick. Hooker was now placed on the defensive, and Lee and Jackson devised a plan of attack. The army of the Potomac was badly scattered in a wooded country where half its forces were useless. Jackson, by a long flank march, struck the isolated right wing under Howard a crushing blow and sent it reeling back upon the main army. This was a complete surprise...
...Preble, in Latin 2, has adopted the plan of adding extra marks for recitations. Any man once answering "not prepared," will not be called upon for the remainder of the year...
...plan of having a treasurer for the baseball nine is a good one. Hitherto all the work of collecting and disbursing the monies, as well as carrying on the other business of the nine has devolved upon the manager. This was found to be too much work for any one man to undertake successfully without neglecting some of his other duties. We congratulate the executive committee of the baseball association on their new departure and on the selection which they have made to fill the position...
...into existence in 1860 by Louis Agassiz, has now been nearly completed, according to the ideas of the father, by the energy and the organizing talent of the son. Over three hundred thousand dollars were subscribed in a short time, when Louis Agassiz came to America, and announced a plan for the erection of his museum. A whole school of young zoologists grew up at Cambridge. Collections of all kinds were bought in the old and in the new world, expeditions were sent to far-away countries, and the depths of the sea were investigated. The ingenious investigator...
...fact, from all parts of the country had even some slight knowledge of their new business. A regular course including the leading principles of this most interesting and fascinating science of war if given by the college or some society each winter would draw considerable audiences. The plan is not a difficult one to accomplish. Quite a number of well educated officers are stationed at the forts in Boston harbor whose services could easily be procured. It is a subject to which other institutions have thought it worth their while to pay attention. Why should not Harvard take an active...